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Title: The Warrior Prophet: The Prince of Nothing, Book Two
Author(s): R. Scott Bakker
Pages: 624
Publisher: Overlook
Publication date: 2008
Language: English
Format: PDF
ISBN-10: 1590201191
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Description: The Warrior Prophet: The Prince of Nothing, Book Two (The Prince of Nothing) By R. Scott Bakker * Publisher: Overlook TP * Number Of Pages: 624 * Publication Date: 2008-09-02 * ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1590201191 * ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781590201190 * Binding: Paperback Product Description: "Book Two of The Prince of Nothing" finds the Holy War continuing its inexorable march southward. But the suspicion begins to dawn that the real threat comes not from the infidel but from within...Steering souls through the subtleties of word and expression, Kellhus strives to extend his dominion over the Men of the Tusk. The sorcerer Achamian and his lover, Esmenet, submit entirely, only to have their faith - and their love - tested in unimaginable ways. Meanwhile, the warrior Cnaiur falls ever deeper into madness. Convinced that Kellhus will betray their pact to murder his father, Cnaiur turns to the agents of the Second Apocalypse and strikes an infernal bargain. The Holy War stands on a knife edge. If all is not to be lost, the great powers of the world will have to choose between their most desperate desires and the end of the world. Between hatred and hope. Between Anasurimbor Kellhus and the second apocalypse. Summary: Warrior Prophet Rating: 5 The negative reviews of this book are definitely accurate in the facts. The world depicted is extremely dark and cold, and only a few of the characters are good. Hopelessness is pervasive throughout. That said, the writing is also fantastic and the depiction of the human struggle is cathartic and beautiful in its way. Nowhere have I read more exciting magical battles, and rarely so honest a depiction of the harshness of war and intolerance. I would be shocked to find that Mr. Bakker was anything other than a pacifist. I highly recommend this book. Summary: Top Notch Rating: 4 Really, this title deserves four and a half stars, but I'm rounding down to make a stand against rating inflation. The Warrior Prophet is an incredible follow-up to Bakker's debut effort, The Darkness That Comes Before. Without question, this second book in the trilogy is better than the first, so if you find yourself getting bogged down in The Darkness, persevere! You've got a thought-provoking page-turner waiting for you on the other side. Finally, characters begin to acquire real depth; Bakker's imagined 'map' of The Darkness begins to seem quite like a world possessed of its own reality; and those pesky little made-up quotes that kick off each chapter seem more and more to be integrated into the story as the intellectual--and intellectually determinative--heritage of the characters, particularly Achamian. Summary: A viscerally dark epic fantasy Rating: 4 The first two books in this series create an intricate but gory story set in a detailed and rich world. I found the Warrior-Prophet and its predecessor interesting with plenty of food for thought, but I also found it overbearing in many ways. Still its unpredictability, in a genre full of cookie-cutter characters and plots, makes the books worthwhile owning and the trilogy worth finishing. The writing style is unique to fantasy, in a way such that most of the action-related information, be it sex or war, both of which are very common, is delivered in short, abrupt sentences using the imagery related to each term to convey meaning rather than the general context. This feature of the writing tends to make most actions or characters appear overstated. Other events, primarily ancient history or descriptions of places are carefully laid out, but since there is no strict linear pattern to the plot, which is riddled with flashbacks and interludes, it is difficult to predict which writing style you will find at any given point of this book. Given this unusual writing style, first impressions are very important in these books. After reading a chapter or two your expectations of what fantasy should be may lead to stop reading altogether, but if you are at all intrigued, then you will be rewarded with a novel and vivid description of fantasy which will prove to be gratifying. As others have mentioned the backdrop of this trilogy is a Holy War to reclaim a Holy City held by a faction highly reminiscent of Abbasid Islamic civilization. For those who have read some historical fiction or accounts of the Crusades, the premise of this book should be enough. Despite the fantasy intrusion and use of unusual names for people and places, the author's obsession with details in describing the action of the battles and the Inrithi/Christian warriors makes it easy to pick out the crusading nations (Galeoth: England, Tydonni: HRE/Germans, Conriya: France and even the Byzantines are there as the Nansur). Along with the excellent battle scenes, there is suffering and horrors galore, as one would expect in such a setting as a crusade. I find the overall occurrences depicted from a narrative eye as the Holy War rumbles or stumbles across the lands the best part of the Warrior-Prophet. A word of warning: do not expect any righteous religiously motivated events to be supported in these books, on the contrary any people with strong beliefs will find themselves disgusted by the events and especially by some of the titular protagonists. Despite the single track that the trilogy follows, the world Bakker has created is much larger than the events depicted in the first two books, and enough material exists that I can see more sagas spinning out of this first one. The most memorable aspect of this book is the characters. The Darkness That Comes Before was divided in parts, each of which dealt primarily with a character, allowing for clear portrayal of their motivations and personalities. By the time the Warrior-Prophet starts almost all of the characters are together marching with the Holy War so that at first it becomes difficult to keep track of the shifting loyalties and dark machinations of the "owners of the Holy War". At times, the author almost seems to tease the reader, by describing important events through the eyes of simple or inconsequential characters, such as Serwe or Saubon, thus keeping you guessing at what the motivations of the big players. Speaking of big players, Kellhus is the most powerful force in the book he is also the vessel of the authors driving philosophy, but I do not find him to be a particularly strong character. He excels at everything and proves to be impossible to thwart regardless of circumstance. He is the ubermensch, the product of thousands of years of eugenics, and he alone cannot be manipulated by such pathetic things as history, tradition or religion. Throw him in the middle of a crusade and just watch the carnage unfold. If only he wasn't so annoying, he could be a character for the ages. Still you got to give it to Bakker it is a novel idea, however given that most people reading this book tend to be "world-born" the idea of a person like Kellhus, who uses common folk at his discretion, is almost as horrific as the Consult. I found this to be the only significant problem with the book, the main characters are exaggerated caricatures of what they represent: Kellhus is too perfect, Proyas is too pious, Serwe is too innocent, Cnaiur is too violent, Achamian is too indecisive and Conphas is too vain, but also too intelligent. In fact, I find myself rooting for someone like Conphas simply because he is the only character with a level of immunity to Kellhus, but that is not enough to make him a likable character. Truth be told, there are very few likable characters in this book, and that is not necessarily a bad thing, since tedious predictability usually adheres to clear-cut protagonists as if they were superglued together.

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